Qin Zhiping has been taken care of by Xu Qian with good food and drink for the past month, and he seems to have gained a lot of weight. Today he went to the county hospital for a follow-up check-up.
When he saw Lu Zhiye coming over, hatred flashed in his eyes, but his face still looked warm and gentle.
The surrounding villagers were listening to him talk about life in the Jingshi compound.
He described it much more vividly than Xu Qian, after all, it was just Qin Zhiping's daily life.
When Lu Zhiye got on the tractor, Qin Zhiping deliberately raised his voice a few decibels to show off his previous superior life.
She kept glancing at Lu Zhiye from the corner of her eye, trying to see envy on his face.
But Lu Zhiye didn't even look at him, as if he was just a clown.
This made Qin Zhiping feel depressed again.
The tractor rumbled on and on and finally arrived at the county.
Lu Zhiye jumped out of the car and went to a state-owned restaurant first. Last time he used the excuse that his family was treating him to a meal, but this time he said basically nothing. He took out money and food coupons, and handed them to Sister Ma along with six large buckets.
Sister Ma is not stupid. She just needs to believe the reason once. No one would treat others to a meal every once in a while.
But Lu Zhiye didn't give her a lot of money and even gave her some benefits, so she was happy to do things for Lu Zhiye.
Lu Zhiye came out of the state-owned hotel and went straight to the black market. The black market during this period was more lively than before.
Xiaoqiang and his men were gathering in groups of five or six, eating melon seeds under a big locust tree.
As soon as he raised his head and met Lu Zhiye's dark eyes, he ran over excitedly.
"Finally you're here. I haven't thanked you properly for what happened last time."
Lu Zhiye put his hand on Xiaoqiang's shoulder and smiled freely: "Brother Xiaoqiang, what you said is just being polite. We are brothers, so what's the point of saying thank you or not?"
Xiao Qiang followed his example and stretched out his hand to put on Lu Zhiye's shoulder, but he was too short and was almost half carried by Lu Zhiye...
"Brother Xiaoqiang, I see the black market has changed a lot recently?"
Xiao Qiang raised his head proudly and said, "I combined four black markets into two.
You are not like that. Ever since the higher-ups busted Brother Chao and his gang, the black market has been tight for a while.
But these people were not stupid and soon relaxed. "
After looking around, Xiao Qiang leaned close to Lu Zhiye's ear and said, "Recently, many people have come to the black market to buy rice. Many villagers also brought game they hunted in the mountains to sell. It seems that life is not going well."
Lu Zhiye nodded with a heavy face: "Well, I guess this situation has occurred in many places."
"In the black market in the next county, the price of grain has gone up to one yuan."
Would Xiaoqiang be envious? Of course he is. Money, who would complain about having too much?
But we cannot profit from national disasters.
Back then, he and his two brothers chose to do this life-threatening business because they had no food at home and could not survive.
They naturally know that people would sell their children for a living.
“Alas, it’s not easy for farmers today.”
Xiaoqiang sighed heavily.
Lu Zhiye took out a piece of paper from his arms: "This is the price and quantity of my grain. Give me the key to the yard, and you can bring someone to check it tomorrow morning."
Xiao Qiang took it and was dumbfounded when he saw the number on it: "This, this..."
Lu Zhiye nodded nonchalantly: "I made a little more this time. Can you eat it?"
Xiao Qiang was overjoyed: "Of course!"
The list Lu Zhiye gave him included 40,000 kilograms of grain, 10,000 kilograms of cornmeal, 2,000 kilograms of pork, 20 pheasants, and 40 rabbits.
These things are now in hot demand on the black market.
The price Lu Zhiye gave him was a few cents higher than before. Grain was 35 cents per pound, cornmeal was 25 cents, pork was 80 cents per pound, pheasants were basically 4 or 5 pounds, each costing 6 yuan, and wild rabbits costing 5 yuan each.
After all, when the price has increased, if you still give the original price, people will be suspicious.
Xiaoqiang sat in the yard, holding a piece of paper and a pen, calculating with difficulty. As he wrote, the numbers became wrong.
Lu Zhiye couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He took the pen from Xiaoqiang and calculated it for him step by step.
The final price was 18,420 yuan.
Xiaoqiang was so heartbroken that he was crying. This had drained most of his family assets.
He went back to the house and came out with a big bag: "This is 18,500 yuan in total, you can count it, and the rest is Brother Qiang's treat for you to drink. Thank you so much for what you did last time."
Lu Zhiye did not take it immediately, but looked at Xiaoqiang with a serious look in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Brother Xiaoqiang, remember what we agreed on last time? I will only provide this batch of goods if you agree to my conditions."
Xiao Qiang glared at him and said, "Am I such an untrustworthy person? Don't worry, the price of grain on the black market won't exceed 50 cents. I don't even want this black-hearted national disaster profit!"
Lu Zhiye laughed heartily: "If we talk about high ideological awareness, I think even the director of the Revolutionary Committee can't catch up with Brother Xiaoqiang!"
He kept praising Xiaoqiang, which made Xiaoqiang hold his head high even more, as if he was looking down on him.
Just as Lu Zhiye turned around and was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of two children in the corner and paused.
"them……?"
Xiao Qiang looked in the direction of Lu Zhiye's finger, and a helpless look appeared on his face: "Last time, when the police took people to Chao Ge's yard, they found these children.
They were all abducted and sold. Some of them still remembered where their homes were, so the leaders had people take them to look for them.
The brother and sister knew nothing about anything they asked. It seemed that the girl was still a little confused, and they didn't know if she was beaten or what happened.
I felt sorry for them, so I arranged for someone in the yard to adopt them. I usually let them do some odd jobs in the backyard and give them food to eat. "
The boy was probably skinny because he didn't have enough to eat. He was only about 10 years old and only the size of a 6 or 7 year old.
The girl's face was dirty and she looked thin, only five or six years old.
A woman came over and wiped the dirt on the little girl's face, but when she turned around, the little girl picked up a handful of dirt and smeared it on her face. Some of the dirt got into her mouth, choking her and making her cough.
The boy quickly put down the work in his hands and carefully helped her to get the dirt out of her mouth.
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